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03/03/2023

Five texts that explain how to write simply and well

Finally, we have the word on the vaunted "Oxford comma" An excerpt: "An oft-cited example is... book dedication To my pa...
04/08/2022

Finally, we have the word on the vaunted "Oxford comma"

An excerpt: "An oft-cited example is... book dedication To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. A reasonable reader would assume there are four entities being thanked: mom, dad, Ayn Rand, and God; but without the serial comma you could also conclude that the two parents are Ayn Rand and God."

Here’s a listener: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Patti from Houston… Patti and her friends are debating about the serial comma—the comma that comes before the final conjunction in a list. Here’s a sentence that uses a serial comma: According to the website Box Office Mojo, the top-grossing movie...

You know when the words that come out just seem... out of place for some reason? Maybe it's an anatopism.
23/12/2021

You know when the words that come out just seem... out of place for some reason? Maybe it's an anatopism.

The English writer David Mitchell’s latest novel, "Utopia Avenue," is about a (fictional) late-’60s British rock band who, at various points, encounter (real-life) rock and roll figures. One scene takes place on the roof of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, where Janis Joplin give

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